Realitive worth of Starcraft the Board Game

So I have a bid in on a copy of Starcraft on ebay. Two questions:

1) Is it really that good of a game or does it's O.O.P. status and relative rarity make it over hyped.

2) How much should I bid before I drop out and not be a chump?

It's not that rare, but it is quite good, from all accounts.

Best judge of what to pay is BGG. Go to the BGG page and see what you can pick a copy up for in the Marketplace.

So far, $100.00 is the cheapest for a Very Good copy. Noble Knight has a new-mint copy for 135.

You could let this one pass, put Josh Look in the back of the two truck and come down here and try out my copy. Then you can see if you even like it before you pay a bunch for it.

It's OOP and there is almost no way ever it's getting reprinted cause of the license, and it's pretty damn good. Though I haven't played it in like 2 years at this point, so I dunno...

Starcraft has a lot of plastic miniatures and takes a lot of room so it was never a cheap game. I can find it a 15% cheaper than the original price in like-new condition so I don't find it overpriced, it just wasn't massively bought by eurogamers and then dumped like most games are.


The game is very good. It reminds me of Chaos in the Old World, if you had no cards and twelve different units. The general idea of the game is to juggle a good economic balance with a flexible army that can answer your enemy's units and then try to beat them with as few loses as possible, be it units or "combat cards".

Now, that makes for a complex game because there are many units of different power that are good against each other, like in the original videogame and if you haven't played it I can see you having to play two or three uninteresting games until everyone knows what a Basilisk is and you can just say "I'm getting stimpacks" without anyone requiring an explanation.


TL;DR: To play Starcrat you need

1) A stable group of people you always play with
2) That group must have played Starcraft or be very, very willing to learn what each unit does.
3) That group msut be willing to play a 3-4h game ten or twenty times to get the best out of it.

I have both expansion and base game and have never gotten it on the table (vs. something Runewars, which has hit the table a few times). It's really not a complex game, but it is quite unintuitive to me. It's fucking sweet, though.

Three years back I picked up a copy in the shrink for $40 on clearance at Books-A-Million. I realize that's not your current situation, but I'll offer it up as a data point.

A very good game.

S.

SuperflyTNT wrote: It's not that rare, but it is quite good, from all accounts.

Best judge of what to pay is BGG. Go to the BGG page and see what you can pick a copy up for in the Marketplace.

So far, $100.00 is the cheapest for a Very Good copy. Noble Knight has a new-mint copy for 135.

The problem with the BGG Market place is some stuff is overpriced IMO. On the BGG game page, check out the Ebay links to get a fairer idea of what it has sold for. Some BGG Marketplace listings sit for ages due to unrealistic pricing.

BGG marketplace used to show finished sales and that was useful. But I don't think that's available anymore. The current asking prices are screwed up by people looking to bundle games to get around Mayfair's pricing, and by people that are throwing crazy prices out hoping for a an uneducated buyer to bite. eBay likely gives you the best estimate, but frankly even that can be hit or miss.

Here's the real deal -- you're a buyer. Decide what you think it's worth to you, and then stay inside that limit. If that's not enough then so be it. There's other good games to spend the money on.

S.

Been trying to sell my copy for a while now at $95. Have a buyer who's somewhat local (an hour away) and if we can ever meet up, I'll have it sold. It's a bear to ship, so I'd rather not add on or eat $15 - 20 in shipping if possible.

Cool game, great license but not going to get played for me.

Sagrilarus wrote: BGG marketplace used to show finished sales and that was useful. But I don't think that's available anymore.

Definitely still available, click on "Market Info" below the buy button in the Marketplace.